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Medical Xpress / New research clears the way to healing lung diseases

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which scar tissue grows in the lungs, making breathing more difficult. Approximately 2,170 Australians are diagnosed annually with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a form of the ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US

The Manhattan skyline was obscured by thick haze, and Chicago closed its beaches Thursday as out-of-control Canadian wildfires raged, sending smoke spewing into the United States and exposing millions of people to dangerously ...

Jul 17, 2026
Phys.org / New map shows which neighborhoods are at risk of climate gentrification

Extreme heat is not only making cities less livable; it is also reshaping who can afford to live where. The highest levels of vulnerability to climate gentrification are no longer found in the urban core, but in the metropolitan ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify immune cell that builds cancer-fighting hubs inside tumors

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified the immune cell that acts as the architect and coordinator of powerful immune hubs that form inside tumors and plays a key role in antitumor immunity. ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Microbiota dysbiosis triggers intestinal cancer stemness

Scientists at National Taiwan University College of Medicine have discovered that cancer formation is not simply caused by gene mutations. Colorectal cancers primarily originate from epithelial cells that form adenocarcinomas ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Finding the RNA aptamer in the haystack that could improve treatment for Parkinson's

Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders that include serious conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. There are currently no cures for these disorders, and treatment is limited ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / What 'Neil the Seal' can teach us about seal behavior: Marine biologist explains

Neil the Seal became a social media sensation almost overnight. Neil is a 5-year-old male southern elephant seal who weighs roughly 1 metric ton (1.1 tons). He was born on the Tasman Peninsula in October 2020 and has made ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 shows promise for patients with advanced fatty liver disease

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have reported results from a large international clinical trial showing that semaglutide, a medication in the GLP-1 class of drugs widely used to treat ...

Jul 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Being obese can make you more likely to be unemployed

The effect of obesity on unemployment is more than twice as large as previously thought, finds a UK Biobank study of genetic evidence.

Jul 17, 2026
Science X / Ancient asteroid impact may explain Curiosity's first pure sulfur crystals on Mars

The bright yellow sulfur crystals discovered by NASA's Curiosity rover have puzzled scientists because sulfur on Mars is normally associated with mineral formations, not elemental deposits.

Jul 14, 2026
Phys.org / Tennessee canola acres increased in 2026

With high input costs and volatile crop markets affecting profitability, many Tennessee row crop producers are looking to diversify their farming operations in coming years. Canola, a cool-season crop, could serve as an alternative ...

Jul 17, 2026
Phys.org / India's private space industry shoots for the stars

Private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country pushes to capture a bigger share of the global space economy.

Jul 17, 2026